Posted on 02/17/2018 11:35:35 AM PST by Albion Wilde
There is a school of thought that identifying problems early is helpful in preventing the problem from growing into and uncontrollable nightmare of a problem.
I love these ideas.
I don’t like this at all
I would have fit one of those liner categories. I haven’t shot any one
She literally dodged a bullet. Thank God she had the presence of mind to form a plan, work it calmly and confidently, and spare many lives. Brilliant.
Just curious -- I was mugged at gunpoint once and came down with pneumonia immediately from the stress. Did she become ill? Or was it just my older age than she was at the time?
Precisely
This is pretty good stuff.
Totally agree. I also think every church should have ushers or attendants who are packing, every time they have open doors.
I think she mentioned keeping it confidential. I know I did with my students when I did a similar survey of their attitudes.
I agree. These females should stay home and raise their own children and keep an eye on their own neighborhoods.
Hm, I would say that the definition of autism needs to be clinically narrowed and pinpointed a lot better than it is now for that article to have any validity. Of course mass murderers are going to have a greater number of personality issues or stressors. I would venture a guess that most of the people in this "study" had co-morbidity: many more issues than just autism, in most cases probably three or more red-flag conditions predisposing them to violence.
Gees, you found me out. I AM a saint.
So true.
Wise words.
True indeed.
And the data is emphatic.
Thanks.
“What about folks like me, who had absolutely NO interest in associating with the majority of my classmates? The few I did associate with back then, I still have contact with. The rest of them, I could NOT care less about.”
I would bet that you are not by yourself with others on this site.
I had 5 good friends in my high school class, and we stayed in contact through our college years, (3 of us attended the same university). One of those 5 and I are still in contact with each other by phone on a regular basis.
My mother tried to get me to come back for the reunions, and I was not interested. I went back for our 50th reunion, and only my close friend was there of the 5. One friend was dead and one had health problems. Two of the other friends sent letters to my friend, who attended the reunion with me, and apologized for not coming. Their lives were where they lived then not 45-60 years before.
Our adult sons in their 50’s are the same. They have not attended a single reunion or any function for past grads. Again, no dislike just no real links/ties. One son still has two great friends from both Jr and Sen. High. They still hunt and fish together and get together as couples.
My wife has a handful of good friends from her high school class. They email and talk on the phone. We see them out here sometimes.
One of her brothers moved about 2 hours plus away from their hometown. Because he had nothing in common with those still there, and he didn’t want to waste his time with them. He is a good guy and felt thathe and his high school peers had zero in common. His wife is not from their hometown and was happy to move to a larger urban area.
Her younger brother returned home after Nam and has lived in the same area since then. His jr/sr high basket ball and base ball buds and he played together until their 70’s. They played tennis until recently. Now they do boccie and wiffle ball. 3 couples go to Floriduh after Christmas for a couple of months and stay in the same area.
About twice a month these two brothers meet halfway for a lunch, a walk and a lot of talking. They are not big smart phone or computer users. They prefer to talk on the phone.
None of our adult kids, nephews, nieces, siblings nor us use Facebook or Twitter.
We text, email and talk on the phone. Which is good because none of us like to fly anymore.
We don’t know if the above behavior is DNA or learned or both. One of grand daughters is going to college on the east coast. She was home for about 3 weeks for Christmas. She went to a private high school for 4 years and was graduated last June. She got together with one friend from the school and talked to a few on the phone or texted them. She turned down offers re parties or lunches.
Her Mother was giving her some static, and our Grand Daughter told her that like her Dad/Uncle and Grand Parents, she had one good friend from the private school. The weeks before graduation and for about a month after, they all had sworn to stay in touch, the rest of their lives. That didn’t happen in less than 6 months.
I think the teacher is going to look at many more variables besides isolation. I agree, there is certainly a distinction to be made between at-risk vs. introverted.
There IS a difference between genuine compassion person to person like this teacher demonstrated
vs
social engineering. Sheesh.
No, there isn’t.
This is about her trying to force kids to associate through her engineering of their social environment.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions but it is still hell.
That's funny, given your name. ;)
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